Chapter 51 Candy
Chi Xia watched Qu Bai's figure disappear in the traffic before continuing to walk back. She picked up the thermos, leaned in and smelled it, and seemed to smell a reassuring scent.
Qu Bai watched her walk further and further away from the shadows, smiled softly, and turned back to the bar.
There were still not many people in the bar, and Chu Yonggen was wiping the bar counter.
Seeing Qu Bai coming, he smiled like a father and said, "Did you deliver it to the little girl?"
Qu Bai nodded and sat at the bar, his voice lower than usual: "Give me a strong drink."
He always has a faint and warm smile in front of others, and his true nature is only revealed in a very private space.
He is inherently cold and indifferent.
Chu Yonggen had known him for such a long time and had some understanding of him. The way he acted in front of others showed that he was very angry now, and he was clearly too happy about the little girl he met last night.
He even talked a lot more than usual, and was the one who took the initiative in chattering , as if he was afraid that the atmosphere would become dull.
"You haven't touched alcohol in a while."
Chu Yonggen mixed him a cup of something more refreshing and handed it to him: "If you drink something too strong, it will irritate your stomach."
With his back to the crowd, Chu Yonggen saw his undisguised anger at the moment.
Qu Bai drank the special drink in one gulp. He emphasized his tone and did not allow for rebuttal: "It's not strong enough."
Chu Yonggen looked at him worriedly, sighed after a while, and poured him a glass of strong drink as he requested.
"Who made you angry?" Chu Yonggen asked him tentatively: "You are rarely like this."
"Rubbish."
Qu Bai looked up at him, Chu Yonggen was shocked again, his eyes turned red.
"There are some rubbish people." He raised his head and drank the second glass of wine: "I'm going to make a phone call."
Chu Yonggen looked at him with a confused look on his face as he walked into the darkness, and couldn't help feeling a little worried.
Qu Bai walked to a dimly lit area, leaned against the wall and made a phone call. The call was answered almost instantly.
"Chi Xia received a friend request."
He paused here, and only his breathing came through the phone. The brief silence suddenly became extremely oppressive.
Then he continued: "It is in my name."
The person on the other side asked him, "What do you want to do?"
This question seemed to stump Qu Bai. He fell silent again. After a long while, he took off his glasses and exposed his eyes to the dim light: "Make the fake become real."
The person on the other end couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, and the tone of voice was flat: "Half an hour."
"Um."
Qu Bai hung up the phone and returned to the bar. All the hostility in his body disappeared completely in this short period of time.
Chu Yonggen was still worried about him and gave him a glass of warm water: "No matter what happens, you have to take care of your body, right? You are still young after all. You will understand when you reach my age."
Qu Bai looked at him and smiled. It was the young boss that Chu Yonggen was familiar with.
He drank warm water, but it did nothing to relieve his burning stomach.
" It's quite strong indeed." He laughed and said, "Uncle Gen, is there anything I can eat?"
Chu Yonggen glared at him helplessly, then squatted down and took out a lunch box: "Your aunt made this for you, it's still warm."
So Qu Bai started eating his box lunch at the bar.
Chu Yonggen looked at him with satisfaction, as if he saw his son through him. If his child was still in this world, he would probably be about the same age as him.
"That sleeping soup." He leaned over and said, "You obviously made it, why do you say it was me?"
Qu Bai laughed: "She is a police officer, she is very cautious."
Chu Yonggen was puzzled: "So what? Aren't you friends?"
"Friends?" Qu Bai's eyes were full of teasing and mockery towards himself: "We are not friends."
Chu Yonggen was even more confused.
"And have you forgotten?" Qu Bai peeled the shrimp gracefully: "Last night, she drank the soup after she saw me drink it first."
Chu Yonggen was completely confused.
I also heard him say self-deprecatingly: "If she knew it was me who did it, she wouldn't even touch it."
"Why?" Chu Yonggen asked.
Why? Qu Bai also paused, and after thinking about this question carefully, he said, "Because we are not familiar with each other."
Since he couldn’t figure it out, Chu Yonggen stopped thinking about it.
But soon, he thought of a new question and asked Qu Bai carefully: "Then the person you are waiting for is this little girl?"
"No." Qu Bai shook his head firmly.
Chu Yonggen sighed: "I am old and don't understand you young people..."
He pointed at Qu Bai with his index finger: "Especially a young man like you!"
After finishing his free dinner, Qu Bai stretched his arms and said with a smile: "Don't understand me. If you understand me, you will want to kill me."
"Pah, pah, pah, it's so shameless to shout and kill."
Chu Yonggen collected the lunch box and saw him put the dried shrimps neatly on the paper towel. He couldn't help but smile, wrapped it up and threw it into the trash can: "Obviously he is a good boy."
Seeing Chu Yonggen taking off his apron and preparing to leave work, Qu Bai also stood up: "Uncle Gen, wait ."
Before Chu Yonggen could ask him, he had already left and didn't come back for about three minutes.
Qu Bai walked up to him and put a brown paper bag in his hand: "Take this money first, and let Aunt Zhang go to the hospital."
Chu Yonggen was shocked: "You...what are you..."
Qu Bai squinted at him and said, "Today's meal doesn't taste like Aunt Zhang's at all. Did you order takeout? You're really willing to give it up."
Being exposed by Qu Bai, Chu Yonggen smiled awkwardly, but refused to take his money: "It's just a small problem, it's nothing serious, just a cold, why are you giving me money, your money is not blown by the wind."
"Are you sure you have a cold?" Qu Bai's voice cooled down: "Let's call Aunt Zhang. When I saw her this afternoon, she didn't have a cold."
Everyone has seen this.
After pretending for a whole day, Chu Yonggen couldn't help it anymore, and his shoulders slumped: "It was also our own carelessness. If your aunt hadn't been in a hurry to go out and distribute flyers, it wouldn't have happened... Hey... It's all my fault that she suffered."
"Don't talk about this at this juncture." Qu Bai stuffed the money into his arms without saying anything: "Aunt Zhang was hospitalized this afternoon. There is a caregiver tonight. It's getting late now. You go back and have a good rest. You can go tomorrow. You don't have to come to work these two days. Do you hear me?"
"That...that won't work!" Chu Yonggen shook his head repeatedly.
"What I said is done." Qu Bai frowned and looked serious, which made Chu Yonggen dare not speak.
After a while, his voice was slightly choked: "Oh, okay, I'll listen to you, listen to you."
"Go back." Qu Bai waved his hands: "I have something else to do."
Chu Yonggen didn't want to disturb him, so he put a bag of money in his arms and went home, suppressing his emotions .
He is a man, and men cannot cry.
As soon as he left, Qu Bai waved to a waiter and said, "Close the shop, I have something to do."
The waiter nodded and gestured to other colleagues, and everyone began to clear the area politely and orderly.
Everyone had left, the music had been turned off, and only the bar counter was lit in the huge bar.
Qu Bai walked to the bar and opened a small drawer, which was filled with different kinds of candy.
Lychee flavored candy.
He picked and chose, and finally chose the kind he gave to Chi Xia that night. He looked at the candy with curiosity.
He washed his hands almost reverently, peeled off the sugar coating, picked up the candy with two fingers and put it in his mouth.
At first, there was no taste, but when I took a sip, the strong sweet and sour taste instantly filled my mouth.
But this was like poison to Qu Bai. He held the edge of the table with both hands, and veins even popped out on his forehead.
He was forcing himself to taste it.
But it still failed, Qu Bai couldn't stand the taste.
He finally spit out the sweet and sour candy, and used wine to suppress the sweet taste.
He can't eat sweets.
He couldn't like the taste.
